New Landlord Countdown
This list has been designed for new Landlords moving out of their property.
56 Days prior to leaving
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Contact Redbrick to ensure a smooth transition.
42 Days prior to leaving
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Inform your Mortgage Company, to provide a letting Consent form.
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Decide what furniture you are putting in/leaving.
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Make sure upholstery is displaying fire proof labels.
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Contact the relevant manufactures if there any missing instruction manuals.
- Recommend to contact an approved electrician about installing a hard wired fire detection system incorporating an audible alarm.
21 days prior to leaving
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Contact Redbrick or a CORGI registered plumber to obtain a certificate of safety if property older then twelve months old.
- Contact Redbrick or an IEE electrician to obtain a certificate of safety valid for up to five years (check to see if a certificate is in place, first). Also to carry out a separate Portable Appliance Test.
14 days prior to leaving
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Trim & tidy the garden.
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Make arrangements to re-direct mail – Royal Mail Tel: 08457 740740. (N.B. Royal Mail require 14 days notice)
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Contact Redbrick Properties regarding Gas Service Contract. The contract includes servicing the boiler and any parts and labour during the contract for a reasonable one-off annual charge.
7 days prior to leaving
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Inform your Insurance Company to change to Landlords Buildings & Contents policy.
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Recommend to fit your kitchen with a fire blanket to British Standard (BS) 6575.
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Recommend to fit your kitchen with a 2K dry powder or carbon dioxide fire extinguisher to BS 5306 (part 3) and BS 5423.
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Organize a professional cleaner for day of leaving.
- Type up an inventory/conditional report.
Day of leaving
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Clear all refuse.
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Check all bulbs are working.
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Contact utility boards.
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Contact Leeds City Council Tel: 0113 3984730.
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Inform Leeds Electoral Register Tel: 0113 2476726.
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Inform Satellite Company.
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Transfer television license Tel: 0870 763763.
- Arrange disconnection of phone line.